return of the jedi review

review by siskel and ebert for return of the jedi
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[@jgfear]

“ I can’t wait for the next six to come out “ OOOF ! Famous last words !

[@Anubis22774]

Gene could not stop smiling. Absolutely love this review.

[@guthax30]

One of the few times he doesn't seem irritated by Roger's very long opening monologue 😂

[@matthewpaul6904]

"I want them faster than every 3 years" Okay, Gene but your mileage may vary

[@markmiller3308]

To make that movie so real without modern CGI is amazing. In fact it beats CGI. Was such a well done movie.

[@robertwiegman1]

4 star sequel. One of the best 3rd entries in a trilogy. Why it's in top 20 highest grossing of all time :)

[@DayTripperrr]

5 star return of the Jedi is a masterpiece

[@natalieps2387]

I like how they mention luke growing up . That's how u do a character arc. He started off a whiny naive farm boy. Then he starts off in esb full of gusto & confidence but gets smacked down hard by the end. The 3rd one he really is a badass. I just loved the arc that he fails & it's all part if the maturation process. Unlike mary sue she faces no adversity & right away beats main antagonist. She suffers no trials & tribulations. Even though I didnt like the prequels at least it had original new planets characters & is original. I hated the latest trilogy bc of the Mary sue thing but characters like finn & poe are wasted. All jj does in the 2 films he made were all retreads & his dumb mystery box. Zero respect given to the main 3 from the originals.

[@jedijones]

It's true. And don't overlook what Siskel said about the characters becoming friends to us. I believe we feel that way because we got to see those characters become friends to each other. In the beginning all Han, Luke, Leia, 3PO and R2 did is argue and annoy each other. But by the end they had truly become friends through their shared experiences. In the sequel trilogy, they decided to write Mary Sue Rey as an uber-independent woman, a fish that doesn't need a bicycle. She doesn't need any help from anyone, so she doesn't need to make any friends. She can go off on adventures all by herself and beat the bad guys on her own. She couldn't possibly be shown to need to be rescued by anyone because then she'd be a "damsel in distress." But it wasn't just Leia who needed to be rescued from the Death Star. Luke needed to be rescued from Cloud City. Han needed to be rescued from Jabba. This develops the characters. We can identify with a character who is in trouble and needs help. And we can like a character who is willing to help their friend. So finally Rey ends her trilogy as she begins, as a cold, independent loner who hasn't made an emotional connection to anyone. How are we supposed to care about a character like that?

[@natalieps2387]

@@jedijones excellent analysis of rey & yes we felt like the characters in the original trilogy were our friends. That's why it was called a " space opera" as well. Like a soap opera the characters became the fans friends. Like anyone you felt like turning on the tv their was comfort in seeing a character still there 5 or 10 yrs later. A film analysis of star wars ( not sure if it was rlm or another popular site ) made a good point to show where Rey's arc in the 2nd film & Luke's arc in empire were at the same time. Rey comes in flying I think the falcon & was blowing away the first order with a " joke " " I like this " where at the same time luke had his hand chopped off was told the baddest baddie in the galaxy who had his uncle & aunt murdered & killed ben , his mentor & was told killed his "dad ", anakin that he was his father ! One of the biggest twists in movie history plus he basically tries to commit suicide by letting himself fall instead of joining vader & he is rescued by leia when the garbage chute opens. So u have rey just continuing to kick ass & luke at his worst point in his life. Also luke fighting Vader was done to perfection. I dont know if people at the time already knew their would be a third I'm guessing so bc the ending of esb in no way looks like an end. Anyway luke is warned by ben & Yoda that it's a very dangerous time for him to go face Vader & save his friends. By this point luke has friends he cares about. Unlike rey who I guess we are told she is friends with people . Anyway luke is still young immature & his friends mean everything to him despite yoda saying he will sacrifice all that his friends have been fighting for. Luke says " but let han & leia die "& yoda pauses carefully thinking a moment & says yes. That luke is their last hope & like a warrior he must make sacrifices for the bigger picture. Of course Luke being a worthy hero does not care, he values these freinds too much to care about the Long term. So on to the long anticipated battle where luke had a small victory against vader in blowing up the death star but he did it with help from han & chewy. Han came back to help get Vader off his back literally ( another character development for han who when we met him was a selfish smuggler who only cared about himself & his debt to jabba. This move & staying with the rebellion cost han big time in esb see great storytelling that's character driven not plot driven. Han has taken a liking to luke & came back bc of his growing attachment for the kid. That's why it's such a great moment. Anyway when luke takes on Vader; a man with a lot more esp experience & power than Luke has. Vader knows this is his son & does not want him to die. He wants to turn him to his side . Nit just bc this is his son who he thought was dead but bc he inherited the force from his dad. So u see Vader us holding back a lot & really just toying with luke. When he finally has enough he just stands there & forces objects to bang into luke. Now luke is no slouch. When vader pushes him into the carbonite freezing & says " all too easy " it was a great move ti have luke exceed Vader's expectations & force jump out of the chamber. Thus impresses Vader & proves to him luke is no punk. I think he says " impressive obi wan has taught u well " then vader gets really serious & chops his own sons hand off. Luke is defeated tired sweating. Finally vader tells him he needs to hein him & if he only knew hed power he would have as a sith is beyond his comprehension. He finally plays his last card which accomplishes 2 things. He tells Luke he is his father which will immediately give luke a conflict & he knows obi wan obviously did not tell luke he was his dad bc luke is not saying it. So it also accomplishes making a liar out if Luke's mentor. Basically luke is screwed up from this duel from his head to his body. That's why esb is such a masterpiece. How about landos arc. He betrays han & co. But u can understand in a way his reasoning. The empire got to him & threatened cloud city & all its inhabitants. Lando basically was forced to betray han bc if he didnt it meant his life his city & all the people who lived there. Its not black & white. We also see how Vader plays dirty bc he keeps altering the deal he made. Lando feels incredible guilt when he sees what they did to his friend. He also had a heart bc he said to Vader who he made a deal with that leia & chewbacca would be left alone under his protection & after vader said to take captive of them. So lando warns han & leia that they are not even wanted by Vader they are just bait. He also saves chewy Leia & 3po & has his guards turn on the empire guards. He helps then all escape leaving behind his city & livelihood to make good on what happened to han. Again I like that Landos betrayal was not black & white essentially he had no choice. We also learn lando han leia are all just pawns that happen to be just collateral damage to Vader. They are the patsies for the prize - luke. We now have a handle on these characters who were introduced in the first one & fleshed out in empire. It's so well done. Lando then is a huge part of defeating the empire. All the lead good guys did their part to help the cause. Han & leia get the shield Down. Luke selflessly gives himself up bc Vader can read Luke thoughts so he left to stop inadvertently endangering the mission. Luke totally rejects the emperor trying his best to turn luke like he did to his dad. This essentially winds up destroying the two leaders if the empire. Even though u was 3 , we went to see jedi as my older 5 year old brother went to. I distinctly remember the crowd in its feet cheering when Vader picks up the emperor & tosses him into a mine shaft. Of course the last film just screws up the first 6 films. Anakin by way of the prophesy does indeed destroy the rule that their are always 2 sith. Vader kills the emperor & bc of the lightning hitting vafer kills him as well. So Vader even though it took many years fulfilled that prophesy. So the last film rise of Skywalker just destroyed that by palpatine being alive & stupidly his being Rey's grandad. What -??? Just desperate.to have a big twist. Vader revealed being Luke's father was a brilliant twist compared to the contrived desperate twist palps is her grandad. Just pathetic.

[@camp3rchizzle]

all the good things they describe, "imaginative characters", "answering all the basic questions", "stories coming to a close". And then Ebert says, "Lucas says he eventually hopes to make 6 more Star Wars movies and based on what he's done so far, I sure do hope that he does."...the irony is tremendous...Siskel's lucky he didn't live to see the Phantom Menace

[@80sROCKKKKK]

Fuck you. And guess what, Ebert liked Phantom Menace. Maybe because he's smarter than you

[@walrusArmageddon]

This is like a decade long argument

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Fuck off. Ebert loved TPM. Siskel would have too. He had taste unlike you.

[@newwavepop]

i too would have loved to see those other 6 films had they kept moving right a long at that time. i dont know if they would have been good or not, but i bet they would have at least been better than what we did get after a several year hiatus where they were bieng worked on with the momentum still going.

[@KentKaliber]

@@80sROCKKKKK The Phantom Menace was (at the time) the biggest disappointment in the history of cinema. The Prequels were all wooden wastes of time.

[@powderedtoastfacekillah734]

I miss these two guys so much

[@dreamlandnightmare]

"you might not unreasonably ask why they didn't avoid all those problems by simply flying above the treetops..." Uh, because the speeder bikes can only hover so far above the ground. "But you don't ask questions like that about movies like Return of the Jedi." Hahahahaha! If he only knew Star Wars and sci-fi fans...

[@twstf8905]

I KNOW lol I cringe EVERY time, it's like they think they're being clever or something. "Outsmarting," George Lucas. It's like I'm listening to my mom or my elderly Aunt Linda talking about Star Wars. I >cringe< every time.😂

[@PaulSmith-qs1es]

hover bikes aren't real and can do whatever the writer wants them to do.....

[@lloydshanahan154]

the same reason Luke didn't fly his land speeder higher to find R2 D2.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

@@lloydshanahan154 Again, I assume these particular vehicles are designed to hover only so far above the ground. They aren't flying vehicles.

[@lloydshanahan154]

@@dreamlandnightmare I wasn't being serious, I know they are not designed for air flight. Otherwise they wouldn't have their cot pits exposed. It's just silly nitpicking.

[@WinslowLeach1974]

4:40 even Siskel and Ebert didn't know that a legend was born 😆

[@hallowedbeeddie]

It´s a trap!!!

[@antkowiak666]

Leia said it first 😉

[@morath11]

I did see this review back when they reviewed it

[@twstf8905]

Well, good for YOU, pal. 😂

[@TheFreeThinkingMan]

"[Lucas] wants to do 6 more movies and I hope that he does" This aged... poorly.

[@matts9064]

Back when Star Wars had heart.

[@humanice2]

I like how they say it all comes together perefctly, if it aint broke, why fix it? Now it's a cgi mess and they refuse to release the original films in HD

[@feather031]

Siskel wanting the remainder of the sequels to come out much quicker than every three years. Ha! Not quite. And here we are, wrapping them up 36 years later.

[@samcostello2861]

"You might not unreasonably ask why they didn't avoid all those problems by simply flying above the treetops..." Your Average Movie Goer: Ha! Ha! Good one. Your Average Star Wars Fan: SACRILEGE!!!!!

[@oobrocks]

"It's a trap!"

[@MYTMIC]

Ahhh, back when Star Wars films were good!

[@robertwilson214]

Ewoks might be annoying,but it has the best effects of any film and McDiarmids acting is on another level.The best starwars film.

[@twstf8905]

Well, they definitely got THIS one right lol I can watch this review again and again. Two thumbs up from me too. 👍 👍 (Ever since the movie first came out back when I was 7.) Despite the quality, (or lack thereof,) this video should have MILLIONS of views. You would think that every Star Wars fan on the Planet would have seen it at least a handful of times each, by now. It's seemingly essential. Edit; I left this ☝ comment a year ago apparently! (Although I certainly don't remember doing it like, at ALL.)😇 👍

[@jedijones]

Come back next year and tell us if you remember it then.

[@RickMarinanimation]

Ebert & Siskel ....If you only knew what follows .

[@CaptainSpalding72]

A fun time... you idiot

[@citygirl5705]

I think going back and doing prequels was a dumb idea. This was the last great Star Wars movie.

[@jaredbond7908]

I don't think it was a dumb idea. They were just dumbly made. They could have been great. Also dumb was continuing the series right after the events of ROtJ. They should have started with new everything, and only made the slightest hints to the OT. But, they just couldn't pass up the obvious cashgrab of including the old actors.

[@maxpax7389]

@@jaredbond7908 i agree. They should have done a side plot with completely new and old characters. But a trilogy about how Obi-Wan and Darth Vader became good / bad Jedis was just idotic. There was zero input to the whole story. Talking about zero input and just milking the cow: the sequels we're just slightly better, but pointless, too. Episode 8 shows that there was never a plan for sequels...star wars fans are pretty dumb for not smelling the fish since Episode I.

[@jaredbond7908]

@@maxpax7389 Nah, everyone was excited to see the Obi-Wan and Anakin backstory. Why do you think they all lined up for it? Excitement was through the roof. But, by the time the movie ended - mostly silence. Because, there was just not much engaging about it. It could've been great. The question of - how do two friends become enemies? How does one fall to the dark side? These would have been interesting things to explore, if done right. Oh, and seeing the Jedi order in full swing - that could have been interesting too.

[@maxpax7389]

@@jaredbond7908 but there is nothing interesting in 'how did s.o. become evil?'. Not in crime, history and definately not in movie villians. I don't wanna know about Freddy Krueger's or Michael Myers childhood. Pure evil is simply there or is created by evil. Thats it. Otherwise it harms the villian aura. Like it did in the prequels.

[@jedijones]

@@maxpax7389 Then why was The Joker movie so popular? A good amount of superhero movies have some kind of origin for their villains. Like Doc Ock in Spider-Man 2. Or Loki in Thor. Or Magneto in X-Men. If they ever do Dr. Doom properly, he has a lot of backstory too. Not all villains are pure evil. And there are certainly some interesting villain characters who are among the ones who are not pure evil. Doc Ock being one of the best in superhero movies I believe.

[@Gynecologist]

I like how you cranked the brightness to 100 before recording the vid

[@morath11]

Where did you get this video

[@hinhwood1629]

At some point in time, it became cool to over-praise "Empire" and diss "Return." For me, "Return" is an incredible conclusion to Luke's story. And "Empire" will always suffer for being an incomplete, middle chapter (And Fisher was a little too one-note angry throughout).

[@jewsco]

It’s not as good as empire overall but the throne room scenes with Luke , Vader , and the emperor are the best scenes in all of Star Wars

[@jedijones]

@@jewsco The Emperor's logic for turning Luke to the dark side didn't make much sense. The "deal with the devil" stuff Lucas used in Revenge of the Sith made much more sense. The Emperor wanted Luke to kill him to turn to the dark side? Why does the Emperor want to die? It seemed like Vader wanted Luke to kill the Emperor so Vader and Luke could rule things. But why would the Emperor want that? Then the Emperor seems to say killing Vader will turn Luke to the dark side. But Yoda and Ben also told Luke to kill Vader, so why would that be a bad thing? Trying to explain the whole Emperor/dark side logic at the end is as difficult as explaining what exactly Luke's plan was to rescue Han from Jabba.

[@jewsco]

@@jedijones he knew Luke wouldn’t be able to kill him and the act of trying would have Vader attack luke which exactly happened. He then wanted them to fight to the death and the winner would be his new apprentice. What did you not get there ?

[@jedijones]

@@jewsco Lots of things. Why would killing Vader put him on the dark side? Yoda and Ben wanted him to kill Vader. They didn't want him to find out he was Vader's son so he wouldn't lose any motivation to kill him. Once Luke kills Vader, what's to stop him from then killing the Emperor now that Vader isn't there to defend him? The Emperor could kill Luke with lightning in defense, but then he's lost Vader and Luke and has no apprentice.

[@jewsco]

@@jedijones because thatis how sith’s work . Giving in to one’s hatred and killing in anger leads to the darkside. just like turning on mace windu turned Anakin

[@fijistarproductions990]

I can’t for the life of me understand why people downplay this movie in comparison to the first two. There are a few wonky rear-screen projections but that’s about all.

[@KentKaliber]

LOOK, back when they knew how to make Star Wars films that EVERYONE LIKED ! GASP

[@drjohnson920]

Diversity hiring practices destroy everything. At every level of Lucasfilm they had to fire most of the talent to replace with diversity

[@gterrymed]

Its a little Off par from the first two because of George Lucas' divorce from Marcia and the absence of Gary Kurtz. Nevertheless its EXCELLENT. A+, A+, A, B-, B+, A, A-, A+, C that's how they rank to me. That last, fan-influenced one, is terrible.

[@hinhwood1629]

Give Rise another viewing when the dust has settled. I think it's underrated considering all the work it had to do and undo.

[@jedijones]

@@hinhwood1629 I think Rise is the first genuinely all-around bad Star Wars movie. TPM at least had great special effects and a few incredible action scenes. TFA at least had a fast pace to it. The rest of them, I admired various aspects of the stories. But Rise had nothing. A terrible story, boring effects, muddled action, bad dialogue, poor character development. It was a giant mess.

[@DayTripperrr]

Return of the Jedi is a masterpiece better than A New Hope

[@hmdwgf]

@@jedijones TPM was a huge breakthrough in special effects- every shot but one (about 1700) had digital effects in it. But Rise of Skywalker was an enormous disappointment. I just could not believe they were lazy enough to bring back the Emperor... why? A $275 million budget for just that one movie and they couldn't come up with something else? Here's how they rank to me: 9. Rise of Skywalker (3.5/10) 8. Attack of the Clones (4/10) 7. Phantom Menace (5.5/10) 6. Revenge of the Sith (7/10) 5. Force Awakens (7.5/10) 4. The Last Jedi (8/10) 3. Return of the Jedi (8.5/10) 2. A New Hope (9.5/10) 1. Empire Strikes Back (10/10)

[@donnbradley1249]

You know what? Now that I really think about it, I realize Disney made those pieces of crap so they'd HAVE to remake them and make another 5 billion dollars. As the kid on whom the original trilogy landed squarely, I was deeply disappointed in I, II, and III, but held out hope that VII, VIII, and IX would redeem the franchise but was left crushed. But if we're looking at this from a purely business perspective, making 6 movies that net 3 billion dollars is better than making 3 movies that net 800 million. Capitalism is Capitalism

[@decimatorentertainmentstud8523]

4:40 ya think

[@fecxor]

It's almost comical to see their anticipation of more Star Wars films in light of how awful they turned out to be. While "Revenge of the Sith" was a step in the right direction, it isn't enough to make up for the overall epic failures of the prequel trilogy.

[@walrusArmageddon]

Almost ten years later. Now do you appreciate them more or is it the same quality?

[@anunusualironiccircumstanc2246]

It’s ironic really, people are now saying that the prequels are actually decently done now that we have seen the newer movies. They made Luke such a wimp...

[@ArtofLunatik]

Sheeeeet... compared to rise of skywalker Revenge of the sith is empire strikes back level of good lol

[@DayTripperrr]

Revenge of the Sith is the best Star Wars movie always hating on the prequels trilogy

[@ricardocantoral7672]

This was the point where the series fell apart.

[@CamLiv]

Of the "highest-level": boring conventional ending; repeated story-line ( i.e. the Death Star), aghast; heroes using violence to kill so many without a bat of an eyelid ( whereas the morality in that?!)- please see the deleted scene of DUNE, whereby Paul cries over Jamis ;cliched and repetitive dialogue; characters of minimal to non-existent charisma.

[@jaredbond7908]

As a kid, this was the best one for me. The action, locations, and effects were the best. Plus, the Emperor is the best Star Wars character. The ending is very scary, unexpected, and emotional - well, for a kid anyway. At the center of it all is the mysterious ways of "the force". It may seem silly, but Star Wars had a deep philosophical/spiritual engine underneath it. The movies wouldn't have been the same without it.

[@jedijones]

@@jaredbond7908 This was the only one I saw as a kid. It is strange now to think about coming into the saga at Jedi without seeing the previous movies. But it didn't concern me at the time. It felt like the other movies were in the past and you just had to accept it. I don't know how common VCRs were then but we didn't have one. I had to fill in the history from the other movies after the fact with storybooks and things like that. When I finally Star Wars a couple years later it DID look boring and primitive compared to Jedi like Ebert mentioned here. ESB looked a lot better.